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98. Kota

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Madhya Pradesh Assembly Election, 1962

MP-KOTA

INC 43.2%won by 8.7%JS 34.5%

What changed here

Derived

Indian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin widened from 1.6% to 8.7%.

  • New challengerJS (JS) finished second with 34.5% — it did not contest here in 1957.
  • Vote consolidatedThe top two candidates took 77.7% of the vote between them, up from 34.4% — a tighter two-way contest.

Written from the constituency figures by a fixed set of rules — no language model.

Electorate
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not in source
Turnout
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not in source
Valid votes
13,133
Margin
1,139
8.67%

Candidates

5 contested · winner INC
  1. 1LAL CHANDRASEKHAR SINGHIndian National Congress · INC5,67243.2%
  2. 2DUKHBHANJAN SINGHJS · JS4,53334.5%
  3. 3MUKUND SINGHIndependent · IND1,0157.7%
  4. 4BODAR SINGHRashtriya Rashtrawadi Party · RRP9617.3%
  5. 5BISAHU RAMCommunist Party of India · CPI9527.2%

Since 1957

Derived
Winner then
INC
Winner now
INC
INC–JS swing
−9.3%
INC share
18.0% → 43.2%
JS share
0.0% → 34.5%
Turnout
— → —
97. Gaurella99. Lormi
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